| January, 1994 |
First PET/CT grant submitted to National Institute
of Health |
| October, 1994 |
PET/CT grant resubmitted to National Institute of Health
|
| July, 1995 |
First PET/CT R01 funded by National Cancer Institute (3years)
|
April, 1998 |
Installation of PET/CT prototype at UPMC
|
| May, 1998 |
First clinical PET/CT patient images acquired |
| December, 2000 |
Special Merit Award at RSNA: PET/CT in Melanoma |
| December, 2000 |
PET/CT recognized as Medical Invention of the Year by TIME
Magazine |
| May, 2001 |
PET/CT abstract: Special Citation at American Society of
Neuroradiology |
| May, 2001 |
First clinical images from the CPS PET/CT acquired at CTI
|
| June, 2001 |
Abstract on PET/CT for Head and Neck cancer: Society of
Nuclear Medicine Press Release |
| June, 2001 |
First place for Outstanding Basic Science Investigations
in Journal of Nuclear Medicine |
| July 2001 |
R33 proposal for new PET/CT classified “Outstanding” by
National Institute of Health study section. |
| August, 2001 |
First commercial CPS PET/CT scanner installed at University
of Pittsburgh Medical Center |
| June, 2003 |
Installation of first 16 slice LSO PET/CT at UT |
| June 20th, 2003 |
First patient scanned on 16 slice LSO PET/CT |
| October 13, 2003 |
Pico 3-D electronics added |
| March 2004 |
2004 Clinical Scientist of the Year Award presented to Dr.
David Townsend |
| March 18, 2004 |
First clinical PET/CT patient scanned. |
| February, 2006 |
First Siemens TruePoint extended field-of-view PET/CT scanner
installed |
